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Printing in grayscale, Changing the color settings, Creating and using watermarks, Color, Print - not printing color

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Note Printing in grayscale If you have a document that you created in color, it will automatically print in color. Or, you can set the printer to print a color document in grayscale (black and white) only. ● Windows: Select the Print In Grayscale option on the Color tab of the printer driver. ● Mac OS: In the Print dialog box, select the Color Options tab, and then select the Print Color as Gray checkbox. Changing the color settings When you are printing in color, the printer driver automatically sets the optimal color settings for you. However, you can manually make adjustments to how the printer prints in color for text, graphics, and photographs. See Using color for more information. ● Windows: On the Color tab of the printer driver, click Options. ● Mac OS 9.x: In the Print dialog box, select either the Color Options tab or the Color Matching tab. ● Mac OS X: In the Print dialog box, click the Color Options tab, and then the Show Advanced Options button. Creating and using watermarks Use the Watermark options to specify that text be placed "underneath" (in the background of) an existing document. For example, you might want to have large gray letters reading "draft" or "confidential" placed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a document. You can change color, position, and wording of the watermark. If you are using Windows 2000 or XP, you must have Administrator privileges to create watermarks. You do not need Administrator privileges to add existing watermarks to documents. ● Windows: Gain access to the Watermark options on the Effects tab in your printer driver. ● Mac OS: Gain access to the Watermark options on the watermark/overlay pull-down menu in the Print dialog box. (Note that OS X might not support Watermarks.) 38 Chapter 3 Printing tasks ENWW

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Printing in grayscale
If you have a document that you created in color, it will automatically print in color. Or, you
can set the printer to print a color document in grayscale (black and white) only.
●
Windows: Select the
Print In Grayscale
option on the
Color
tab of the printer driver.
●
Mac OS: In the
Print
dialog box, select the
Color Options
tab, and then select the
Print
Color as Gray
checkbox.
Changing the color settings
When you are printing in color, the printer driver automatically sets the optimal color settings
for you. However, you can manually make adjustments to how the printer prints in color for
text, graphics, and photographs. See
Using
color
for more information.
●
Windows: On the
Color
tab of the printer driver, click
Options
.
●
Mac OS 9.
x
: In the
Print
dialog box, select either the
Color Options
tab or the
Color
Matching
tab.
●
Mac OS X: In the Print dialog box, click the
Color Options
tab, and then the
Show
Advanced Options
button.
Creating and using watermarks
Use the Watermark options to specify that text be placed "underneath" (in the background
of) an existing document. For example, you might want to have large gray letters reading
"draft" or "confidential" placed diagonally across the first page or all pages of a document.
You can change color, position, and wording of the watermark.
Note
If you are using Windows 2000 or XP, you must have Administrator privileges to create
watermarks. You do not need Administrator privileges to add existing watermarks to
documents.
●
Windows: Gain access to the
Watermark
options on the
Effects
tab in your printer driver.
●
Mac OS: Gain access to the Watermark options on the watermark/overlay pull-down
menu in the
Print
dialog box. (Note that OS X might not support Watermarks.)
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Chapter 3
Printing tasks
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